| Abstract Detail
Phylogenomics Parks, Matthew [1], Johnson, Matthew [2], Ruck, Elizabeth [3], Alverson, Andrew [3], Wickett, Norm [1]. Hitting the century mark in an understudied, hyper-diverse lineage: Transcriptome-based phylogenomic analyses across the diatoms (Bacillariophyta). Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) are a highly diverse and understudied lineage of photosynthetic microorganisms, and feature surprising metabolic pathways, prevalent cross-kingdom horizontal gene transfer, and wide morphological diversity. Understanding the evolution of these and other features throughout the Bacillariophyta, however, requires well-supported phylogenetic hypotheses, which to date have remained elusive. To this end, we have sequenced the transcriptomes from over 100 diverse diatom species, and report here on our efforts to identify orthologous clusters of single- and multiple-copy genes and further utilize these markers in supermatrix- and supertree-based phylogenetic strategies.
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1 - Chicago Botanic Garden, Plant Conservation Science, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL, 60022, USA
2 - Chicago Botanic Garden, Plant Sciences, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL, 60626, United States
3 - University of Arkansas, Department of Biological Sciences, 1 University of Arkansas, SCEN 601, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA
Keywords:
diatom
phylogenomics
Transcriptome
orthology.
Presentation Type: Oral Paper
Session: 1, Phylogenomics I
Location: 101/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Date: Monday, August 1st, 2016
Time: 9:30 AM
Number: 1007
Abstract ID:324
Candidate for Awards:Margaret Menzel Award |
